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Pro Standard support for Leica Q2

Baxter Bradford

What problem do you see this solving?
The Pro Standard offers a much higher performance when seen on my Leica M11 compared to the Generic profile. I'm using a Leica Q2 in tandem with the M11 for several projects. I'd like the photographs to be indistinguishable from each camera. Using the generic profile for both will see a lower image quality. The Leica Q2 has been a popular camera and there must be a great many C1 users who would benefit from carrying out the profiling. That the Q3 has been given Pro Standard indicates that the Q2 was an oversight and it's probably not a huge amount of work to implement. 

When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
It affects the quality of every Leica Q2 image in my projects. 

Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One? I've tried altering curves by amending the red channel to get the images looking closer. The top right point moved to 244 255 gets it in right ball park, but there is still a marked difference between the two cameras.  I've also tried using the recently added Q3 lens profile as it hadn't been available previously.

 

Are you happy to be contacted further about this suggestion or request?

Yes

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  • Marvin Ruppert

    Supposedly the Q2 has the same sensor as the SL2. You can choose the Leica SL2 ProStandard ICC in the base characteristics tool and set it as default for the Q2 files. I do that for a few weeks now and the files look better all the time.

    Obviously that’s not the intended way to go, but I have not seen any side effects in form of color glitches or something.

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  • Baxter Bradford

    Thanks for your responses. I've tried the SL2 ProStandard and it does seem to work, albeit some images better than others.

    Meanwhile I've managed to get M11 and Q2 files looking pretty similar, by reduction of magenta tint in WB for M11 and the Q2 custom curve mentioned above reducing the greenish hue I feel Q2 files offer. 

    I've given up on C1 offering the ProStandard support for Q2 despite its reputation still continuing to grow. Furthermore I'm intending to stick with Perpetual licence version of V23, so wouldn't get any update even if C1 produced it. 

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